Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 330
330. (1) Usufruct may be constituted either by law or by the
will of man; in the latter case, if the usufruct refers to immo vable
property, it may not be constitut ed except by a public deed, an d, if
constituted by a deed inter vivos , it shall not be operative with
regard to third parties except from the time when the deed is
registered in the Public Registry upon the demand of any of the
interested parties or of the notary before whom the deed was
executed.
Cap. 56.
(2) The note for the registration of the deed shall contain the
designation of the parties as sp ecified therein, the date and n ature
of the deed, and an indication of the thing to which the deed r efers
in accordance with the provisions of the Public Registry Act , and it
shall be signed by the notary be fore whom the deed was executed .
Usufruct may be
constituted
conditionally, for a
specified time or in
favour of two or
more particular
persons.
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